7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

After I completed my perlimonary task and now my main task I have learnt some new skills as well as developing some during the process of making my magazine.
During my work I have learnt that planning is a key part of designing and making the magazine. During my perlimonary task I did not plan very much and my time keeping was very bad. However Now that I have started my main task I have been able to keep to my timing using the time toast program in order to lay out what needs to be done when.
After looking at conventions of takeing an image for a magazine I have been able to take an image. In my prelimonary task I only used Photoshop to cut around the edge. However I have now used a camera to take a quality photo aposing conventions but making up for it in other ways and then using photoshop to change the whole style of an image from a red eyed bright image to a black and white clean image.
Before I completed my main task I had never used photo shop in my work. However when I stared my perlimonary task I learnt about how to use the basics of Photo shop in oreder to simple enlarge and cut out the image of the cover. Once I started the main task I felt more confident in using photo shop and after talking to more experienced peple and looking and videos, I was able to use more advanced techniques such as changing the colour, black and white, or vibrance if i chose to.
I also learnt how to use InDesign, this program was easy to use once I had used it in the perlimonary task and I learnt how to use some of the basic skills. However During the main task I have not expanded on my skills using InDesign but I was able to use the basics to my advantage and was able to making it look affective without making it complicated.
During this project I have learnt lots of new skills such as using Photoshop, InDesgin and prezi to display my work and i now use them for other things. This project has taught me about th abilites of different programs. These programs have allowed me to see how media resorces are developed to a basic degrea and has given me an insite into developig media products.
My targets were;

• To thoroughly plan my work and what will be involved by time keeping and keeping to a schedule.
• To be more creative about how my work is layed out and how I present it.
• To look into anything I do not understand fully and ask questions about my work .

I beleave I have met my targets. I have planed all my work using Time Tosterbenifit my work and the way it looks to the audience. Finaly I have asked questions about the computer programs and any tasks that I dont fully un derstand and how to aproach work.